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Fake bookings hit Singapore's Ryde Technologies

Ryde Technologies says 2,000 "phantom bookings" have cost its drivers thousands of dollars. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2IAYoXC via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Tesco trials shopping without tills

The retailer is testing whether shoppers can buy products using an app, rather than visiting a till. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2ySumz1 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Legal bid to throw out US sex trafficking law

The US law is hitting the people it was supposed to protect, argue digital rights campaigners. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2KxBrKe via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Ticketmaster 'warned of hack attack in April by Monzo'

Digital bank Monzo claims it warned Ticketmaster that data had been compromised three months ago. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2ICBBuC via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Elon Musk accused of stealing farting unicorn image

Technology entrepreneur engages in a fresh Twitter argument over pottery of a mythical animal. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2ySaDje via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Fortnite Playground mode quickly taken offline

The new mode, called Playground, let players practise their skills in the popular video game Fortnite. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2Kth6lV via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Facebook and Google use 'dark patterns' around privacy settings, report says

Consumer watchdog the Norwegian Consumer Council says the firms give users "an illusion of control". from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2IzLCZP via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Amazon deal shakes healthcare sector

Shares in healthcare companies slide as the online retail giant expands into the sector. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2ySWK4m via Online Shopping in Pakistan

'Dancing baby' YouTube copyright case settled after 11 years

The clip of baby Holden, now aged 12, has been viewed more than 1.9 million times. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2lGwQHi via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Babylon claims its chatbot beats GPs at medical exam

The Royal College of General Practitioners disputes the abilities of Babylon's software. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2IwVEL5 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Hidden 'shame' of elderly scam victims

Many older victims of fraud are too embarrassed to tell anyone that they have been cheated. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N6oPrJ via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Adapt or die

Carlos Ghosn says traditional car companies face many challenges in an era of automation and electrification. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2IHblPU via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Maxine Waters Responds To Death Threats: 'You'd Better Shoot Straight'

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Days after she was forced to cancel events because of a "very serious" death from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Mz6XF1 via Latest News

French gangster escapes from prison using a helicopter

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Witnesses say several heavily-armed men landed a hijacked helicopter in the courtyard to free 46-year-old Redoine Faid, who was serving 25 years for murder. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ngo3Zu via Latest News

Boise stabbing: Nine wounded after suspect targeted child's birthday party

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The suspect injured nine, including six children, in a mass stabbing during a three-year-old girl’s birthday party at a Boise, Idaho, apartment complex that housed refugees. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tXbQQi via Latest News

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low

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By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protest saw one of the lowest turnouts in history, as thousands braved sweltering heat to protest against Beijing's tightening grip over the city on Sunday, the 21st anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. Hong Kong's opposition has lost much steam in the past year, which saw elected pro-democracy legislators disqualified and some of the most prominent activists jailed. Against the fall of Hong Kong." "Now the government is already siding with the Communist Party. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KG5HCQ via Latest News

'Vilified too long': Teachers' unions fight back after supreme court ruling

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A supreme court decision puts unions’ funding at risk. Gunshots ring out from the nearby hunting range across the railroad tracks in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania, but Jason Davis is not easily deterred. “You never know what’s going happen when you knock on someone’s door,” says Davis as we get out of his car to start walking the hills of this blue-collar, Trump-supporting community in the foothills of the mountains of south-western Pennsylvania. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tWDD3H via Latest News

Ballots and bullets: Mexico's bloody election campaign

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It is one of the lasting images of Mexico's election campaign: as a Congressional candidate poses for a selfie with a supporter, a man in a baseball cap calmly approaches and shoots him in the back of the head. Fernando Puron, who was running for Congress in the northern state of Coahuila, is one of 136 politicians murdered since candidate registration for Sunday's elections in Mexico opened in September, according to the consulting firm Etellekt. It is by far the bloodiest Mexican campaign on record, as the violence gripping the country has exploded massively into the political world. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ne5eWW via Latest News

One killed, nine injured in boat explosion in the Bahamas

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12 people were aboard a boat in the Bahamas when it exploded, killing one American woman, police say. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KDdwWB via Latest News

North Korea Kidnapped Her 13-Year-Old Daughter. She Spent Decades Trying To Get Her Back.

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NIIGATA, Japan ― Megumi Yokota was just 13 when she disappeared. On her way from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tIKJt1 via Latest News